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• A Great Week for Simple Living Family

  

  Two really great things happened to Simple Living Family this week. The first was being highlighted on The Simple Living Project. Thank you to Adam for such a... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2011 FAMILY

• Letting Go

  

  Last month when I put my older son on the school bus for the first time. The time when I went to hold his hand and he pushed it away. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2011 FAMILY

• The Cheapest Family in America

  

  Annette and Steve Economides live in Scottsdale, Arizona, with their family. They have a website and newsletter that teaches frugality, called The Cheapest... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2011 FAMILY

• Suffering from Buyer’s Remorse?

  

  Everybody has made bad purchases before that they regret making. Spendster.org was started as a safe haven for people to clear the air about what’s cluttering... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2011 SHOPPING

• Operation Home Organization – Clutter Clearing Business (Clear Intentions)

  

  Clear Intentions is a business that helps people within a half hour radius of Portland, Maine, live a life that they love. Their mission is to help clients... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2011 FAMILY

• Never Lost a Job? Facing Financial Hardships? You Too Will Be Inspired

  

  As part of the BlogHer Book Club I reviewed the memoir Slow Love: How I Lost My Job, Put on My Pajamas, and Found Happiness, by Dominique Browning. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 BOOKS, FAMILY

• 30 Days on $30

  

  Could you eat for thirty days with only thirty dollars? A London student, Nathan Adair, is participating in a 30-days-on-$30 fast to identify with the global... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 CHARITY, FOOD & DRINK

• Cookbook Review – Canal House Cooking Volume N 1: Summer

  

  Canal House Cooking Volume N 1: Summer is a collection of over eighty delicious summer recipes written by Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, who were... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2011 FOOD & DRINK, HOME

• Very Pinteresting

  

  I joined Pinterest yesterday even though I wasn’t exactly sure what it was all about. An hour or two later and of course I was already hooked. You know those... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2011 FAMILY

• Operation Home Organization – Kids’ Rooms (Preschooler)

  

  Hopefully you read when I introduced my new series, Operation Home Organization, here. Room #2 – My Preschooler’s Room Kids are the best, but they come with so... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2011 HOME

• What to Feed Gluten-free Kids

  

  Does your child have a friend who needs to eat gluten-free? Do you know what you can feed them? Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2011 FAMILY

• Farmers Market Shopping Tips

  

  Dale Johnson has been a Farm Management Specialist with the University of Maryland for twenty-six years. He advises small, large, and backyard farms in many... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2011 FAMILY

• Famine in Somalia

  

  Somalia is facing a food crisis and famine. Al Shabab, a group aligned with Al Qaeda, forced Western aid organizations out of the country in 2010 during the... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2011 FAMILY

• The Stock Market and Simple Living

  

  The stock market plunged today in reaction to the credit rating for the United States changing from “AAA” to “AA+”. This followed a week of people worrying abou... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011 FAMILY

• Back to School – Keep It Simple

  

  I don’t know about you, but I really don’t want this summer to end. We have had a lot of fun and the summers in Maine are just beautiful. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2011 FAMILY

• Operation Home Organization – Introduction and Task 1 (Kitchen Counters)

  

  Since I started this site over a year ago, I have been doing things here and there to clean out the clutter in our home. While we were on vacation we rented a... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2011 FAMILY

• Fine Art Friday Featuring Painting by Nathaniel Meyer

  

  Nathaniel Meyer is a painter from Portland, Maine. He was born in Scituate, Massachusetts and was raised in Fort Myers Beach, Florida and Corea, Maine. Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2011 FAMILY

• Summer Vacation Packing with Kids

  

  Preparing for a week long vacation with a pre-schooler and a toddler is anything but simple. You don’t want to bring too much stuff, but you also want to make... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2011 FAMILY